Today in History - History - April 17th

1945Benito Mussolini flees from Salò to Milan

1983Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rangers Rangers 7-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-1 lead Wayne Gretzky scores 7 points in one Stanley Cup playoff game

1925NY Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery

1988Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic

196133rd Academy Awards - "Apartment" wins best film, Burt Lancaster & Elizabeth Taylor win best actor/actress

1983Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter

1970Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney" is released

1947Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit

1961Jimmy Stewart accepts an honorary Oscar on behalf of his friend Gary Cooper, who is too ill to attend

1953Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Wash DC's Griffith Stadium

1972Jennifer Garner [Affleck], Houston, Texas. American actress (Sydney Bristow-Alias)

1974Victoria Beckham [Adams], Harlow, Essex, English singer (Posh Spice-Spice Girls)

1620Marguerite Bourgeoys, Troyes France, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame (first Canadian saint)

1923Harry Reasoner, Dakota City Iowa, newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS)

1943Actress Claire Trevor (34) weds Navy lieutenant Cyclos William Dunsmoore in Tijuana, Mexico

1929Baseball great Babe Ruth (34) marries 2nd wife Claire Merritt Hodgson (31)

1790Benjamin Franklin, US, US Founding Father, inventor ambassador and writer (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84

1892Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada, dies of a stroke at 70